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College of Health and Human Services

Suzanne Kotkin-Jaszi

Professor

Public Health | 559.278.5387 | Office: McLane Hall 232

skotkin@csufresno.edu

Education

  • Dr. P.H., Public Health, Health Policy and Management (1992)
    School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA
  • M.S.P.H., Health Policy and Administration (1982)
    School of Public Health,University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
  • B.S., Conservation of Natural Resources (1980)
    College of Natural Resources, University of California, Berkeley, CA

Courses Taught

  • HS 151 Health Law and Legislation
  • HS 154 Health Care Administration
  • PH 213 Health Program Planning and Evaluation
  • PH 210 Seminar in Health Policy
  • Century University
  • International Public Health
  • Comparative Health Systems
  • Maternal-Child Health
  • Health Education
  • Managed Health Care
  • Strategic Planning for Health Services
  • University of New Mexico
  • Comparative Health Systems
  • Health Services Administration
  • Seminar in Not-for Profit Management
  • Strategic Planning for Health Services
  • Program Evaluation
  • Research Methods for Public Administration
  • Organization Theory and Behavior
  • Management for Public Health Professionals
  • University of California
  • Principles of Public Health
  • Community-Oriented Primary Care (COPC)

Career Highlights:

  • Over 20 years experience teaching experience
    "Hands-on" experience in implementing health care policy
  • Developed and taught in the MAPAS program where mid-career professionals from Latin America received an MPA degree with courses taught in Spanish
  • Extensive experience consulting in Latin America
  • Participation in health care conferences in Costa Rica and Nicaragua
  • As a graduate student, spent an entire summer in Jalisco, studying impacts of migration on health of rural communities
  • Culturally competent
  • Spanish speaking
  • Energetic, enthusiastic and supportive
Professional Experience:

  • Associate Professor, California State University, Department of Public Health, Fresno, CA, 2005 - Present 
  • Faculty Advisor, Century University, Albuquerque, NM, 2003 - 2005
  • Director, New Mexico Health Policy Commission, State of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM, 2000 - 2002
  • Assistant Professor, School of Public Administration, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 1989-2000
  • Graduate Assistant/Teaching Assistant, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 1985 - 1989
Selected Scholarly Activity:
  • Campos, Peter and Suzanne Kotkin-Jaszi. California Farm Worker Enumeration Report. Department of Health and Human Services, Region 9. Migrant Health Program. June 1987.
  • Bacon, T.J. and S. Kotkin, (1993) "The health professions, policies and issues in S. C. Jain and J.E. Paul (eds.) Policy Issues in Personal Health Services, Rockville, MD, Aspen Publications.
  • Kotkin-Jaszi, Suzanne T. "State Public Health Departments and Changes in Federal Policies: Managed Care, Welfare Reform, and Privatization." International Journal of Public Administration 24, no. 6 (2001):511.
  • Kotkin-Jaszi, Suzanne, " Connections and caring: A rural hospital diabetes management program" Nurturing Responsive Health Policy in Central California: Proposals for Action Research, California State University, Fresno, December 1, 2005.
  • Kotkin-Jaszi, Suzanne, " Leaving a lasting legacy: Teaching program evaluation to a migrant and seasonal farm worker community in California's central valley" The First CSU Conference on Community-Based Teaching and Research: Creating Knowledge and Building Community, CSU Pomona, March 4, 2006.
  • Kotkin-Jaszi, Suzanne and H. Miltiades, a grant proposal submitted to the Borchard Foundation Center on Law and Aging to study "Medicare Part D Implementation in California's Central Valley, March 15, 2006, (Under review).
  • Kotkin-Jaszi, Suzanne and J. Capitman, a grant proposal submitted to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to support "Connections and Caring: A Rural Hospital Diabetes Management Program, March 16, 2006, (Under review).
Selected University, Community, and Professional Service:
  • Kotkin-Jaszi, Suzanne " HIPAA collaborative efforts: NMCHILI, New Mexico Coalition for Health Care Leadership Initiatives, HIPAA Summit West II, San Francisco, CA, March 15, 2002.
  • Public Health Department, Human Subjects Review Committee, 2005 - 2006.
  • Faculty Mentor, Mentoring Institute, California State University, Fresno, CA, 2005 - 2006.